career and legacy. >> reporter: lawrence peter berra was born in 1925 in st. louis. a child hood friend gave him the nickname, yogi. and he sign would ed with the new york yankees in 1942 and during world war ii, he took part in the d-day invasion and he was a catcher with clout. he led the yankees in rbi for seven straight seasons and hit at least 20 home runs in 10 straight seasons. a three-time mvp, his yankees teams won 14 penants and four world series titles. he was even behind the plate for

he was known for yogiisms. that led to rolls as a pitch man in tv commercials. >> and they give you cash, which is just as good as money. >> reporter: he coached and managed several teams including the yankees and mets and induct under to the hall of fame in 1972. he will be remembered for his baseball talents and humor. a yanky great, ae ee great, one of the best catchers to ever play the game. so, last night 2 was donald trump after hours if you will. he launched jet yet another attack. he said do you ever notice that light weight megyn kelly constantly goes after me but when i go after her, it's sexist.

i think megyn kelly should take another unscheduled vacation. and he defended his recent response by an audience member at a rally. >> here you had a bigot. >> you don't know that. but look -- >> a problem in this country and it's muslims. >> so,io asaid there's a problem in this country and there's muss lms. i love the muslims. people living in this building, muslims but like anything else, you have people where there are problems. we can say there's no problems, there's no terrorism, no anything, they didn't knock down the world trade center. to the best of my knowledge, they didn't fly back to sweden. >> and last night, he appeared on "the late show" with steven colbert. they played a game called who said it.

>> that would be you because i would never say a thing like that. >> very good. i think apologizing is a great thing but you have to be wrong. i will absolutely apologize sometime in the distant future if i'm ever wrong. >> that's me. >> nbc's hally jackson has the latest on two gop front runners. >> reporter: under fire for his controversial comments about muslims. >> the pc culture says whenever you're asked a question, it has to be answered in a certain way and if you don't answer it that way, then let's attack. >> reporter: carson tripling down on his remarks the islamic faith is unconstitutional. >> anyone of any faith is welcome here. sfwlrks >> reporter: campaigning in

south carolina, she had a microphone moment that sent a message everyone heard. >> i'm quite soft spoken actually. >> reporter: a sly dig at donald trump who's hitting fiorina hard online and on air. his latest attack taking aim at a different target. a twitter tirade against fox news and bill o'reilly. >> he gets a lot of attention from the theater. >> reporter: the front runner turning his attention towards the front runner, fiorina. they said we get the point, mr. trump, you're worried, you should be. but her critics say she should be worried on her history as the fired ceo of hewitt packard. >> i wonder if you're going to

spend your time defending your past business record. >> i'm happy to run on that record all day long. >>. on the democratic side a big announcement that already has the gop pouncing and the white house under pressure. >> reporter: under pressure from environmental groups and from democratic opponent berry sanders. >> she can agree or disagree. >> reporter: hillary clinton finally made her position on the keystone pipeline clear. >> i oppose it and i oppose it because i don't think it's in the best interest of whart we need to do to combat climate change. >> reporter: she said she didn't want to second guess president obama on an issue she worked on but last week she signalled she

>> i can't wait. >> reporter: critics on the right who support it, say it will help create jobs and drive down oil prices. the state department estimates construction would support about 42,000 temporary jobs and once operational, would support 35 permanent employees and 15 temporary contractors. turing farm pharmaceutical ceo says he's rethinking his stance. on monday, he gave a resounding no when asked if he would roll back the 5 ,000% price. some medical experts, they are skeptical. >> we don't need another drug in this space and there's no in

indication that this guy has any idea to do drug research and development. and in a phone interview with n bc's yesterday, he defend defended the price hike glp the price of daraprim did not create a wildly profitable company. turing pharmaceuticals, even at our new price is barely a break even company, we'll low it -- >> he said a decision on a new price would come in the coming weeks. bill karins is here with the latest on the weather. it better be big because we have big meetings going on in d.c. as far as what we're dealing with right now, overnight, heavy rains, especially in areas of northern nebraska and that's really the only horrible weather

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breaking news now. it is the loss after of a legend who transcended sports. yankee great yogi berra has died. good morning, everybody. it is 4:30 right now on this wednesday, september 23rd. i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm kerry barrett. darlene will be back tomorrow. >> truly sad news from the sports world. much more on the passing of yogi berra in a moment. we'll also have complete coverage of the pope's visit to america. that's just ahead. >> a lot going on today. but first, we're checking in with storm team 4s chris cyst sy cimino with the forecast. >> more 40s shows up this morning.

morristown, sussex, danbury all in the 40s. clear sky and light wind overnight allowed those to drop off. we're looking at temperatures climbing to about 74 at noontime. a high of around 80 degrees. not bad at all. let's say good morning to lauren scala. hopefully the commute is quiet. >> not bad at all. when it comes to the roads, fast track maintenance on the f train this week. no f trains between jamaica 179th street and briarwood, but there is shuttle bus service out there instead. a change on the air train at jfk. shuttle bus service only at federal circle, howard beach, and lefferts boulevard, but normal rail service. something to keep in mind. more weather and traffic coming up. and now to that breaking news. the sad news, the death of yogi berra. we learned the yankee legend passed away overnight, and immediately people turned to

grief and memories. we should say yogi not just a baseball hero, not just a new york hero, an american hero. >> reporter: absolutely, michael. so many greats have worn yankees pinstripes, but there was only one yogi berra. as the baseball world is waking up to this news, we've been hearing tributes to the legendary catcher. officials at museum tell me berra died of natural causes at the age of 90. he debuted with the yankees back in 1946 and became one of the greatest clutch hitters the game ever saw. he was a 15-time all star, brought home ten world championships, a three-time mvp and hall of famer. he took his final at-bat in 1965. berra was beloved off the field as well. he was a hero who fought on the beaches of normandy on d-day. he was called the philosopher king of baseball.

phrase "it ain't over 'til it's over." here's yogi berra talking about baseball in his own words. >> i love baseball. i always told my dad, i ain't going to work, i like to play ball too much. we did, we played hard. you got to work at this game. you really do. and it's fun doing it if you do it the right way. >> reporter: and in the last hour, yogi berra's family released a statement. quote, while we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, we know he's at peace with mom. we celebrate his remarkable life. he will truly be missed. we're continuing to hear tributes from former yankees. much more in the next half hour. >> so many people, michael, waking up to such sad news. thank you so much. we will have much more on the passing of yogi berra online. head to nbcnewyork.com for a look back at yogi's life. see how people are remembering him. we've also posted a photo gallery of yogi through the years. all right.

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